A shoe designer is suing Gap for apparently copying his entire collection.

Charles Philip Shanghai, whose $135-160 loafers are a favourite with the likes of Jessica Alba and Rihanna, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles, accusing the retail giant of using several of his design signatures.

According to theNew York Post, the $39.95 Gap styles bear a similar striped lining and are even named 'Phillip', albeit with two L's instead of one.

Too similar? Gap (loafers pictured left) has been accused of copying the many of the design signatures of high-end label Charles Philip Shanghai (right)

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Mr Philip told the Post's Page Six: 'It’s upsetting for me. They’re using the same stripes, the same colors, the same kind of
name. But we have a lot of attention to detail. They sell the shoes
without [that].'

His lawyer, Andrea E Bates, added:
'It’s more than [just] one shoe... it’s the entire collection. This is
what you’d expect to find on Canal Street.'

She added that consumers may believe Mr Philip has done a collaboration with Gap, which is not the case.